Students from La Plata thrashed this Thursday 3-0 at Fortress and qualified for the quarterfinals of the Libertadores Cup, instance in which he will have another Brazilian rival: Athletico Paranaense. The classification of the Argentine formation was on track after a 1-1 draw in the first leg played in Recife.
Driven by his public, which filled the stands of Estadio Uno Jorge Luis Hirschi, ‘el Pincha’ prevailed with a brace from Manuel Castro and a goal from Franco Zapiola, against a rival who played with ten players from minute 22 due to the expulsion from Iago Pikachu.
Estudiantes is the third Argentine team to play in the quarterfinals along with Vélez and Talleres de Córdoba, who eliminated River Plate and Colón de Santa Fe, respectively.
The beginning of the game was one of pure emotion for Estudiantes because in the 9th minute of the game Manuel Castro headed a cross to leave goalkeeper Marcelo Boeck without a possible reaction and decree the opening of the score.
Just a few minutes later, more precisely in minute 22, the Uruguayan referee Esteban Ostojich expelled Yago Pikachu for a hard tackle on Mauro Boselli, after a call from the VAR. Also with the use of the technological tool, the match judge invalidated a goal by Agustín Rogel with a header after a cross by Fernando Zuqui from an advanced position by Fabián Noguera, before the central defender connected to the net.
However, the ‘Pincha’ who dreams of adding one more continental trophy to his showcases after the last one obtained in 2009, was not satisfied by the minimum advantage on the scoreboard and in minute 47 Manuel Castro with a perfect popcorn connected again He headed a precise center and again transformed Boeck’s stretch into sterile.
Ricardo Zielinski’s team was not satisfied with this advantage and went in search of the third conquest that they achieved in the 57th minute after a bad start by the goalkeeper who made a mistake with a pass and left the ball in front of Franco Zapiola who defined with coldness and precision to put final figures to the great triumph of Students.
The rest of the time was marked by a local team that handled the ball but did not accelerate to reach the fourth goal and a visiting team that among the bench rotation could not find fine tuning to seek the discount.
In this way, Estudiantes advanced to the quarterfinals of this 2022 edition of the Copa Libertadores, where they will face Athletico Paranaense, who eliminated Libertad from Paraguay after drawing 1-1 in Asunción for a global score of 3-2 in your favour.
DATA SHEET
3 – Students: Mariano Andujar; Emmanuel More, Fabián Noguera, Agustín Rogel, Luciano Lollo, Leonardo Godoy; Fernando Zuqui (m.78, Benjamin Rollheiser), Jorge Rodríguez (m.84, Jorge Morel), Manuel Castro (m.78, Pablo Piatti); Leandro Díaz (m.84, Mateo Pellegrino) and Mauro Boselli (m.45, Franco Zapiola)
Coach: Ricardo Zielinsky
0 – Velez Sarsfield: Marcelo Boeck; Brayan Ceballos, Marcelo Benevenuto, Titi; Yago Pikachu, José Welison (m.80, Matheus Jussa), Hércules (m.53, Ronald), Juninho Capixaba; Lucas Lima (m.53, Matheus Vargas), Moisés (m.62, Romarinho) and Silvio Romero (m.62, Igor Torres Da Silva)
Coach: Juan Pablo Vojvoda
Goals: 1-0, Manuel Castro (m. 9); 2-0, Manuel Castro (m. 47); 3-0, Franco Zapiola (m. 57)
Referee: the Uruguayan Esteban Ostojich expelled Yago Pikachu (m.22) and admonished Fernando Zuqui, Fabián Noguera, Juninho Capixaba, Moisés, José Welison and Romarinho
Incidents: second leg of the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores played at the ‘Uno’ Jorge Luis Hirschi Stadium in La Plata
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